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Authors of a small study say the two abilities likely evolved in tandem.

Risks that pertain to all manner of new crops are often misattributed to genetic engineering. This distorts the public’s view of the technology.

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory researcher is fueled by curiosity about how one species’ genome can produce a wide variety of traits.

James Kirkham Ramsbottom saved Britain’s daffodil industry from a devastating parasite, only to be forgotten.

Forests are resilient, but researchers wonder if climate change will outpace their adaptations.

A growing branch of research on how plants use exosomes to interact with their environment is opening up a new field of plant biology.

A compound produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa activates signaling pathways that prevent seeds from growing in unfavorable environments.

Molecular programs can rescue cells already engaged in the process of apoptosis or other forms of programmed cell death.

When people prefer to go to bed is linked to hundreds of variations in their genes.

Denisovans and Neanderthals likely overlapped at this Stone Age hot spot for thousands of years, and modern Homo sapiens may have dwelled there, too.  

At magnetic field intensities somewhat above that of Earth, stem cell proliferation shifts gears.

From canceled conferences to delayed publications, fallout of the shutdown spread beyond US borders, prompting concerns about long-term damage to international collaboration.